tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post5063353832490321707..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Chestnut, daisy chains, posies and chirocpracticAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-23715949267764253992013-07-02T11:43:34.294+01:002013-07-02T11:43:34.294+01:00Keith Miller - Flew Mosquitos in WW2, was frequent...Keith Miller - Flew Mosquitos in WW2, was frequently done for using foul language at his superiors, escaped death several times, threatened his superior officer with a punching and came close to a dishonourable discharge. A very honourable Ozzie indeed.<br /><br />Stiff neck. Me too, this winter especially. I shall look for a chiropractor who drinks. Conversation is no problem - I force it upon all of the medical or quasi-medical persuasion.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-47362437723930266282013-07-02T10:52:11.763+01:002013-07-02T10:52:11.763+01:00When we were kids my brother and I played entire t...When we were kids my brother and I played entire test matches between ourselves in our small back garden. We tossed to be Australia or England. We knew all the players from the radio commentary. So Denis Compton and Bill Edrich, the Bedser twins came to life in our hands and performed as never before at a single wicket. The only Australian I can remember was Keith Miller, a dangerous all-rounder.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-36786484603107238912013-07-01T18:27:50.762+01:002013-07-01T18:27:50.762+01:00When I was a kid, we played tap-it-and-run with a ...When I was a kid, we played tap-it-and-run with a tennis ball, and your hand as the bat. That wasn't real cricket either, but more enjoyable than T20. I cannot think of a better way to compromise any cricketing skill one might possess, than by playing T20. Now test cricket, that's proper cricket.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.com